Thus, the warming ties between London and Tehran were met with praise from some media outlets, but criticism from others. Al Jazeera, for example, viewed the steps taken by the UK in recent days not only as a sign of closer relations between London and Tehran, but as “another sign” of Iran’s “warming ties” to “Western countries” at large – despite the Islamic republic’s continued hostility toward the West, and despite growing indications that its “goodwill gestures” are anything but.